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Pin 118671 kcr United States New Brunswick
English (English) ייִדיש (Yiddish)
Submitted 12/18/24. "Nosh" was borrowed into English to mean "eat, snack" from Yiddish "noshn" (or נאָש in Hebrew orthography), meaning "nibble", which is based on the Middle High German "naschen" with the same meaning. MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118672 kcr United States New Brunswick
العربية (Arabic) English (English) Français (French) اردو (Urdu)
Submitted 12/18/24. "Chai Chenak Cafe" is a Paikistani restaurant -- the name is written in Urdu (Arabic) script as چائی چناک کیفے on the small panel to the left. Chai (meaning "spiced tea") is a borrowing into English from Arabic or Russian, but originated in China as 茶 (or chá, in pinying). meaning "tea". "Cafe" as a coffee house, was borrowed into English from French, based on Italian "caffe" for the drink, which was borrowed from Turkish or Arabic. "Chenak" seems to be a type of tea associated with Tharparkar, Pakistan. MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118673 kcr United States New Brunswick
English (English) 日本語 (Japanese) 普通话 (Chinese)
Submitted 12/18/24. "Rakkii" is the Romanized (English) spelling of Japanese ラッキー, meaning "lucky". "Ramen" is the romanized (English) spelling of ラメン, meaning long noodles, actually a borrowing from Mandarin 拉面 or "lāmiàn" in pinying, meaning "hand-pulled noodles". Low on the glass window, there is an ad for a delivery service whose Chinese name is written in pinying and characters. MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118674 kcr United States New Brunswick
Ελληνικά (Greek) English (English)
Submitted 12/18/24. "Gyro" comes from Greek γύρο (circle) and "pita" comes from Greek πίτα (pie). "Taka taka" does not seem to be Greek although the lettering is a standardized way of making English mimic Greek orthography. MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118675 kvd United States New Brunswick
Español (Spanish)
MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118677 kcr United States New Brunswick
English (English) 普通话 (Chinese)
authorized commercial chinese permanent
Submitted: 12.18.2024. The Taiwanese bubble tea chain's name Gong Cha (贡茶) is Cantonese, using simplified characters next to the pinying. It means "tribute tea (for the emporor". The character next to "Kilmer Eatery" could be 食 meaning "eat". MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 117911 kvd United States New Brunswick
Español (Spanish)
MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 117912 kvd United States New Brunswick
Español (Spanish)
MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 117913 kvd United States New Brunswick
עברית (Hebrew) Español (Spanish)
MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 117914 kvd United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 117915 kvd United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118194 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
Mural by Leon Rainbow, 111 French St, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, $MultilingualNewJersey MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118195 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
English (English) Magyar (Hungarian)
Hungarian American Athletic Club, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, 233 Somerset Street $MultilingualNewJersey MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118198 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
$MultilingualNewJersey French Street Signage, New Brunswick, NJ, USA MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118199 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
Taken November 2024 French Street, New Brunswick, NJ, USA $MultilingualNewJersey MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118201 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
Menu inside Jugos Bugambilias, 234 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 2024 $MultilingualNewJersey MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118222 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
$MultilingualNewJersey French Street, New Brunswick, November 2024 MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118223 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
Magyar (Hungarian)
$MultilingualNewJersey New Brunswick, November 2024 MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118224 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
$MultilingualNewJersey New Brunswick, Somerset Street, November 2024 MultilingualNewJersey
Pin 118225 NMHouser United States New Brunswick
English (English) Español (Spanish)
$MultilingualNewJersey New Brunswick, Somerset Street November 2024 MultilingualNewJersey